Paratroopers of 82nd Airborne Division give it their all in an effort to prevent from going into the mud during the tug-of-war competition of All-American Week. (Photo by: Sgt. Terrance T. Payton)
A paratrooper with 18th Fires Brigade digs in deep before being pulled into the mud pit. His effort wasn’t enough, as his team was eliminated in the first round of the competition. (Photo by: Sgt. Terrance T. Payton)
A participant runs a 10-mile road race during this year's All American Week.
Paratroopers of 18th Fires Brigade try to hold on as they see their chance at victory slip away during tug-of-war competition of All-American week. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Terrance T. Payton)
Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team lead the way for the rest of the 82nd Airborne Division during the All-American Week Division Run, May 16. About 20,000 soldiers throughout the 82nd Airborne Div More
Kevin Sanders on the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 18th Fires Brigade (Airborne), basketball team works his way around Joseph Fasco, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, while other players try to get More
Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, run in formation during the All-American Week Division Run, May 16. About 20,000 soldiers throughout the 82nd A More
Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, signal to the jumpmaster that their equipment has been checked before conducting a static line jump from a UH- More
Paratroopers grapple for supremacy during a modern army combatives match at Ritz-Epps gym. Blue and white belts were used to distinguish fighters. Referees wore matching wristbands so they could easily signal w More
Col. Timothy McAteer, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, leads the Falcon Brigade during the All-American Week Division Run, May 16. About 20,000 soldiers throughout the 82nd Airborne Division ran four miles More
Paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, run in formation during the All-American Week Division Run, May 16. About 20,000 soldiers throughout the 82nd Airborne Di More
Using his cell phone for one of the last times before boarding an airplane, a paratrooper from the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, talks to his friends and family while waiting to deploy More
Staff Sgt. Jonathon Hercik, 82nd Airborne Division Jumpmaster of the year (left front), stands infront on the division colors with Sgt. 1st Class William Perry Clancy II, Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and More
Command Sgt. Maj. Joey Love, right, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, N.C., illustrates the finer points of marching in formation to All-American paratroopers during the Divi More
Parachutists with the All American Free Fall Team descend to a crowd gathered to watch the 82nd Airborne Division review of troops during All American Week, May 19, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army photo b More
Veterans of many generations gathered at the 82nd Airborne Division War Museum for the annual Memorial Ceremony. Vietnam veterans pictured converse in from of the Vietnam Memorial monument listing names of fell More
The 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers and a distinguished guest honor fallen Paratroopers from every conflict the division has fought in during a memorial ceremony May 19. The annual All-American Week memoria More
Harry Wooley, Don Jutz, Estel Williamson, and Richard Burson had an opportunity to catch up after not seeing each other in almost 60 years at the 82nd MP Company reunion held Friday, May 20. These former paratr More
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division execute a combat jump over Sicily Drop Zone during the Joint Operational Access Demonstration, May 20, 2011 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The JOAD was the final event capping More
A jumpmaster with 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, looks out the paratroop door of a mock C-130 Hercules aircraft during the Joint Operational Access Demonstration May 20. The event was held at More
Pvt. Michael Klamanovsky, an infantry man with D Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division and Saif Waththab Harba, the battalion commander' More
A soldier with the 1st Iraqi Army Division mans the turret of a Humvee as a convoy leaves its base in Fallujah, Iraq, June 11, 2011. Paratroopers with 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise More
Sgt. Matthew Caron, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, gives directions to paratroopers with More
Pvt. Christopher Cordova, an artilleryman with Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, pulls security at the entry control point on Forward Operating Ba More
A paratrooper with 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division mans the radio while pulling security at the entry control point on Forward Opera More
A simulated surgical patient lies on the operating room table during a mass casualty training exercise at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, June 16. This was the fourth MASCAL exercise the unit has conducted since arriving in More
Medics and litter bearers unload simulated casualties from the back of an ambulance during 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade's mass casualty training exercise at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division carry a injured soldier on a litter during a mass casualty training exercise at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, June More
Soldiers with the 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and the 2nd AAB, 82nd Airborne Division color guard stand at attention during the transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Jun More
A soldier with 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, (second from right) stands with the 2AAB, 82nd Airborne Division color guard during the transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, More
U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Riley, commander of Headquarters Company, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, talks with Iraqi solders in preparation for a training exercise in Fallujah, Iraq, Ju More
A paratrooper with the 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, Battery A, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division signals his unit to move during a Joint Operation Access Exercise, June More
Iraqi army soldiers demonstrate the skills they learned while attending commando training. This training was given by Headquarters Company, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Fallujah, Ira More
Pvt. James Coffey, an automotive maintenance specialist from Elizabethtown, Tenn., assigned to E Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, treats a simulated casualty in a secured area, preparing him for casual More
Soldiers from the Commando Battalion, 1st Iraqi Infantry Division, demonstrate urban assault operations prior to their graduation ceremony in Fallujah, Iraq, June 29. The three-week commando training course, le More
Spc. Charles Stephens, a communications specialist with Headquarters Company, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares radios for a convoy from Camp Ramadi, Iraq, June 29. Charles and his More
During a ceremony at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, eight paratroopers with 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, raised their rights hands to re-enlist June 29. The re-enli More
Sgt. Brittany Conger, an operations non-commissioned officer with Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, received an 82nd patch More
A paratrooper with Headquarters Company, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, receives an 82nd Airborne Division patch for his right shoulder during a ceremony at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, July 3. After being deployed to Ir More
Pfc. Alejandro Solorzano-Castaneda, left, a combat engineer with Company C, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a Mexico native, t More
Staff Sgt. Donny Timas, an MP with Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, pours simulated blood on an Iraqi man to replicate wounds caused by a vehicle-borne More
The Provincial Governor of Al-Anbar, Qasim Hammadi al-Fahadawi (left), gives his assessment of the state of security for the Anbar province and recommendations for future improvements to the commander of the 2n More
Brig. Gen. Hamid Malik Jarad, Iraqi police commander of the Abu Risha Brigade, had lunch with Lt. Col. Chuck Masaracchia, commander of 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brig More
U.S. Army soldier Pfc. James Ladina, C Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, instructs a class for Iraqi army medics at Al Asad Air Force Base, Iraq, J More
Pvt. James Coffey, an automotive maintenance specialist from Elizabethtown, TN, assigned to E Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, treats a simulated casualty in a secured area, preparing him for casualty More
Medics with the 7th Iraqi Army Division, attend a class on clinical orthopedics, taught by Pfc. James Ladina, a medic with C Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, July 11. Lad More
Cory Ballentine, a forward observer with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, pulls security outside of an Iraqi police station in Haqlaniyah in Iraq's Anba More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division prepare to leave Al Asad Air Force Base, Iraq, June 14, 2011. The soldiers make their way out of Al Asad in support of Op More
Paratroopers from the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division get a front row seat for a concert performance by the all-female rock band, BandShe, at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, July 14.
Pfc. Karl Baer, a medic with the 194th Military Police Company and Phoenix native, treats the "injuries" of a fellow soldier inside an armored vehicle, following a simulated attack on a convoy at Camp Ramadi, I More
Brig. Gen. Hamid Malik Jarad (seated), commander of the Iraqi police Abu Risha Brigade, invited Lt. Col. Chuck Masaracchia, commander of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assis More
Under the cool shadow of a solar shade, the command teams of the 7th Iraqi Army Division and the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, hold a discussion before an eveni More
Sgt. Clarence Robinson, a gunner assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, checks the sights of a Howitzer duri More
Spc. Erik Holmes, an infantryman assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, uses a compass to lay a guide strap More
U.S. Army Sgt. Clarence Robinson and Staff Sgt. Samuel Feldman assigned to A Battery, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2 Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to fire a M119 Howitze More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to A Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division prepare for a route clearance exercise at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2011. T More
Pfc. Justin Garcia and Spc. Brian Maketa, of Company A, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, arrange shotgun shells for the afternoons breach training held here More
Cpl. Jonathan Martinez, a vehicle mechanic from Allentown, Pa., with F Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, replaces the door actuator on an armored vehicle at Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 5. With a long h More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division play flag football at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2011. The soldiers participated in a More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to A Battery, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division prepare to fire a M119 Howitzer during a training exercise at Camp Ramadi More
U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Rivera, A Battery, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, searches an Iraqi at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2011. The soldier s More
Spc. Samantha Greenlee, a mechanic, and Spc. Christopher Rivera, an assistant gunner, search an interpreter's bags at the main entry control point before he is allowed to enter Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 23. ECP g More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the Stability Transition Team, 2 Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division practice packing their gear at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2011. The soldiers made sure there wa More
Sgt. Richard Kane (left), an advanced field artillery tactical data system operator, observes Spc. Brent Gogin (right), an assistant gunner, as he fires at static targets at a range on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. More
Sgt. Ryan Morgan, a laboratory technician assigned to C Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, draws a blood sample from a vial to run lab tests More
Spc. Ruby Avellaneda, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist assigned to B Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, dons a vapor More
A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division crashes to the ground after jumping out of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over drop zone Sicily during a Joint Operations Access Exercise (JOAX) on Fort More
Lt. Col. William Boucher (left), an Anbar Police Directorate stability transition team adviser, watches as Col. Sa'ad, director of the criminal evidence directorate in Ramadi, Iraq, demonstrates how to use a fo More
Sgt. Tony McCaslin, public affairs broadcaster for the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade and native of Fairfield, Maine, demonstrates how to use a low camera angle to achieve certain effect More
Sgt. Tony McCaslin, a broadcast journalist with the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, and native of Fairfield, Maine, demonstrates how to use a low camera angle to achieve certain effects d More
Sniper rifles stand ready at Fort Bragg’s new 1,000-meter Sniper Field Fire Range is a with targets that move side-to-side and targets that move at an angel and traditional ‘pop-up” targets. Sniper teams from t More
Paratroopers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, return to Forward Operating Base Denver at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., after a convoy mission Sept. 15, 2011.
U.S. Army Pfc. Evan Thomsen and soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division Chorus rehearse before a performance at the Patriot Foundation Gala in Pinehurst, N.C., Sept. 16.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno was selected as the Patriot Foundation's 2011 Honoree during the 6th annual Soldier Appreciation Dinner at the National Golf Club Pinehurst, N.C., Sept. 16. The found More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st 325th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division prepare for a training exercise at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2011. T More
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 321st Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade (Airborne), fire an M777 howitzer during a brigade base piece live fire exercise Sept. 19 on Fort Bragg, N.C.
Capt. Scott Hinz, commander of the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division's C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, explains the aircraft's direction of flight to a 1st Iraqi Army Division lieu More
A soldier with 722nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company unloads munitions to be detonated at an ordnance disposal range outside Camp Ramadi, Iraq, in the predawn hours of Sept. 24. The 722nd detonated over 900 More
Camp Fallujah has an important place in the history of U.S. military operations in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and now Operation New Dawn. What was once a hotbed of extremist violence, murder, and dail More
Taking a break from managing hand receipts and accounting for property, Staff Sgt. Dannie Simmons, Jr., of South Hill, Va., Skypes friends and family back home, Oct. 14, at Kandahar Airfield. Simmons, the suppl More
Sgt. Daniel Hanshew (right) and Pfc. O’Brian Palmer hustle to prepare the poached pear, blue cheese, and candied walnut salads for the guests of the Soldier Luncheon held Oct. 14 at the Highland Country Club. More
Lit by the flames of a small fire, Lt. Jon Voss (right), platoon leader, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, speaks to local Iraqi men during a patrol in the city of Baghdad, Oct. 23. Wi More
Navy Adm. James Stavridis, the commander of United States European Command and the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, departs his aircraft after arriving on Kandahar Airfield, Oct. 26. Stavridis' visit to Region More
Spc. Anthony Linton, right, a food service specialist, and a fellow paratrooper smile while loading a tough-box with to-go plates for hungry paratroopers at the dining facility on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 26. Th More
Aberdeen, Wash., native U.S. Army Spc. Nicole Derk, crew chief with the 3rd Forward Support Medevac Team, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, tightens the screws on a UH-60M Black Hawk helic More
Col. Sa'di Aftan al Dulaimi, deputy logistics officer for the Anbar Operations Command, signs the necessary documents returning the Anbar Operations Command to the government of Iraq from B Company, 1st Battali More
Sgt. Jose Ramos, a petroleum supply specialist assigned to A Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, stares into the twilight at an incoming UH-60 Black Hawk at the landin More
Staff Sgt. Stephen S. Wilson, personal security officer, Regional Command (South) protective service detail, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to step into his mine resistant ambush protected vehicle during a mi More
Members of group 2 “check canopy and gain canopy control” at the Advanced Airborne School during Jane Wayne Day hosted Friday, Nov. 4, hosted by 5th Squadron, 73rd Airborne Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat More
Maj. Gen. Jim Huggins, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command (South) commander, greets Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Matthew M. Miller, legislative liaison officer, upon their arrival to Kandahar Airfi More
Sgt. 1st Class David A Cochran, Task Force Warhorse Brigade military working dog program manager, from San Antonio, Texas, explains to Regional Command (South) battle space owners the benefits and proper applic More
Maj. Gen. Rodney Anderson (2nd from right), deputy commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, and members from the 82nd Airborne Division command team, shake hands with paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Ai More
Pfc. Yuriy Lashchuk, born in Krivoy-Rog, Ukraine, raised his right hand and repeated the Oath of Allegiance to become an American citizen, during a naturalization ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Nov. 9. An in More
Iraqi children walking to school smile as they pass closely by Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division's A Troop, 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, pulling security on a main convoy More
Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Abdul Hamid, 205th Corps commander, Col. Abdul Wazir, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps executive officer, and Afghan Border Police Brig. Gen. Khogyani Tafsir Kahn, 3rd Zone ABP commander More
Staff Sgt. Wilson D. Harris, A Company, 710th BSB, from Birmingham, Ala., shows the rigging system they have at Task Force Spartan to Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command More
Lt. Ken Pitts, a platoon leader assigned to D Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, dismounts his armored vehicle along a highway in Baghdad on Nov. 18. More
Command Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Shirley, Kandahar Airfield command sergeant major, stands at attention in front of the KAF NATO flag and colorguard during a transfer of authority ceremony at Kandahar Air Wing Nov. More
Paratroopers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, file by the ramp to receive their parachute and reserve during and in-flight rigging exercise aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster, Nov. 23.